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Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Neurology at Northwestern University. His lab focuses on addressing fundamental aspects of the biology of human neurons in the context of physiological conditions and in the context of diseases such as ALS.

Thrombopoietin is Required for Bone Marrow Stem Cell Maintenance– Investigators found that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) were markedly reduced in hepatocyte-specific thrombopoietin-deficient mice. These results indicate that systemic factors, in addition to the local niche, are a critical extrinsic component for HSC maintenance.